Healthy Vegan Friday
Chocolate Sweet Potato Spice Cake
Chocolate cake reminds me of my mother, who in my humble opinion, baked the best chocolate cake on earth. It was coated in a creamy, buttery frosting that wasn’t too awfully sweet. This cake is …
View FullBuilding Block Recipe: Lemony Baked Tofu
Inspired by my blogging buddy, Susmitha at Veganosaurus, I signed up for a How Do account about a year or so ago. Susmitha has a great voice and her How Dos are cute, concise, and …
View FullCinnamon Apple “Toast.” Raw, Gluten- and Sugar-free.
When low, gray clouds scud across the blue and mornings are cool enough for a flannel shirt and the leaf tips of the winged elms, hackberrys, scrub oaks, and bois d’arcs turn brown, I feel …
View FullPeanut Butter-Maple-Pecan & Coconut Bacon Granola
This granola was to be the crowning glory on top of one of my Vegan MoFo 2013 recipes, but the base – ice cream – failed. Not once, but twice. The third recipe, Peanut Butter …
View FullVegan MoFo 14: Baked Peanut Butter & Jelly Oatmeal
When my favorite breakfast and my beloved flavor combination come together it’s a heavenly collision of warm, creamy, nutty, jammy breakfast-goodness. Making its way onto Buzzfeed’s 29 Ways to Honor the Glory of Peanut Butter & …
View FullVegan MoFo 6: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Smoothie with Strawberry Creme
And so we come to the inevitable (if not enviable) smoothie entry. The peanut-butter-and-jelly smoothie came in at Numero 7 on - say it with me - 29 Ways to Honor the Glory of Peanut Butter and …
View FullThoughts on Vegetarianism & Oil-free Black Bean, Corn, & Walnut Burgers.
I was a vegetarian for a few years before going full-on vegan. I ate great quantities of eggs and cheese – even though neither one of those things consists of vegetables. So how did that …
View FullMint Gone Wild: Cocoa-Coconut-Mint Smoothie
The tiny mint plant was so cute, so cheerfully green and enchanting-smelling that I had to get it. It was barely 3″ high and had such delicate and tender little leaves! But a shadow hung …
View FullMexican-Spiced Roasted Vegetable Sandwich with Green Chile-Chipotle-Cilantro Dressing
For the sloppiest sandwich ever, look no further. Tons of spicy roasted veggies and a quick guac topped with my Sweet & Tangy Green Chile-Chipotle-Cilantro Dressing. Go at it with a fork and knife or bare …
View FullChipotle Chile Pepper Rolls & Some Good Stuff Happening in Cleveland
It happened. My home town surprised me. On a recent visit to spend time with my parents I met friends in Cleveland for a too-brief reunion and a tour of the city. It was an …
View FullPotato/Sweet Potato Chipotle-Cheez “Chips.” Oil-free. Gluten-free. Nut-free. Not Raw, Exactly.
I’m feeling pretty good about the fact that I haven’t consumed a bag of salty snacks in months thanks to my dehydrator (the various tiny bags of chips that come in my Vegan Cuts Snack …
View FullA Weird & Wonderful Salad: Paulie’s Slaw. Oil-free.
My friend Paul sifts through the raw, rocky ore of the Internet like Yukon Cornelius searched for silver. You might remember Paul from my Hibiscus-Cherry Cooler post – he’s the one who sent me 3 …
View FullSunshine Smoothie: Anti-Cancer Superhero
When it comes to smoothies it seems like green gets all of the attention. Don’t get me wrong, I think a proper green smoothie is a sight to behold, but every once in a while, …
View FullMango Lime Pancakes with Ginger & Coconut. Sugar- & Oil-free
I love tinkering with pancake (and waffle) recipes – and that’s because Sunday morning breakfast is hands down my favorite meal of the week. Over the past year or so of blogging I’ve made the …
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